
100 minutes
12/18/1999
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

Takeshi Kitano
as Toshizo Hijikata

Ryuhei Matsuda
as Sozaburo Kano

Tadanobu Asano
as Hyozo Tashiro

Yōichi Sai
as Isami Kondo

Shinji Takeda
as Okita Sōji

Susumu Terajima
as Spy

Tomorowo Taguchi
as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

Yoji Tanaka
as Samurai executed by Kanô

Kei Satō
as Narrator (voice)

Jiro Sakagami
Eve Masatoh

Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kenichi Urata

Shun Sugata
Yuji Yamazaki
Usaburo Oshima
Takashi Odajima

Uno Kanda

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Mami Nakamura

Makoto Togashi

Chikako Aoyama

Koji Matoba

Tommy's Masa
as Susumu Yamazaki

Masatô Ibu
Katsura Zakoba

Daisuke Iijima
Yōichi Iijima

Ito Yozaburo